femfan

English

Etymology

Blend of female +‎ fan

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fɛmfæn/
  • Rhymes: -æn
  • Homophone: femme fan

Noun

femfan (plural femfans or femfen)

  1. (dated, fandom slang) A female science fiction fan.
    • 1944, John Bristol Speer, Fancyclopedia, page 31:
      Fannes — Pronounced the same as "fans," but used in writing to mean fem fans.
    • 1953 August, Thrilling Wonder Stories, volume 42, number 3, page 133:
      So, at last, backed by a formidable phalange of femfans, I dare speak up, brave lassie that I am.
    • 2010, Eleanor Arnason, Mammoths of the Great Plains‎, →ISBN, page 120:
      When I went to my first science fiction convention in 1961, fandom was entirely white and 80 percent male. Women were marginalized as "femfans." Gay people were in the closet.

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